3 Ash Copse Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Ya

TP/2026/0072Tree works to TPO trees(s)Approved

Approved on 13 April 2026

Council decision: Treeworks approval

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

2 Oaks situated on the front lawn area of number 3 Ash Copse to be crowned/reduced by up to 2m to maintain crowns at a suitable size as they are extremely close to residential buildings.

Received: 18 February 2026
Council: St Albans City and District Council
Ward: St Stephen

ReceivedReceived18 Feb
ValidatedValidated19 Feb
Consult.Consultation12 Mar
TargetTarget Date12 Mar
DecidedDecided13 Apr

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Ash Copse Bricket Wood Hertfordshire Al2 3Ya. St Albans has handled 1,557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across St Stephen. We hold 1,041 applications in total for the AL2 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: AL2 3YA
Application type: Tree works to TPO trees(s)
Scale / size: Small
Parish: St Stephen

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 12 March 2026
Consultation end: 12 March 2026
Target decision date: 12 March 2026
Application expires: 15 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Roz Richardson
Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14715894
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: St Albans

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